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Feb. 23 1926.

J. B. BASKERVILLE RECORD SHEET Filed July 25l 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l l Il I l I l I l l l l l n l l l l I i l l l x I x I l l 1.611

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J. B. BASKERVILLE RECORD SHEET Filed July 25 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 NANPatented Feb. 23, 1926.

UNITED lSTATES I JOHN B. BASKERVILLE, F ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

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Application` filed, July 25, 1925. serial No. 46,126.

To all whom, -z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, JoHN B. BASKHRVTLLE, a citizen of the Fnlted States,residing at Roanoke, 1n the county of Roanoke and p State of Virginia,have invented certain new `and useful Improvements 1n Record Sheets,

of which the following is a specification.

The present invention consists of record sheets for use onimpactrecorders or socalled impactographs, or like instruments, used indetermining the intensity of impacts sustained by rolling stock. Y y

An object of the invention is to provide record sheets composed of aplurality of parts one of wh-ich is provided with spaces to receive dataexplanatory of the time of, place at which, etc., and similar data, thatthe impactograph was mounted in a car or associated with some other partof the rolling stock, each of the other sheets having on one side,differently captioned, and, if desired, differently colored, zones,which receive the impressions of the impactograph, the zone receivingthe impression varying in Vaccordance with the intensity of the impactsustained by the rolling stock; the opposite side ofeach sheet beingprovided with certain indicia and notation receivlng spaces for use bythe agent in explanation of the condition, status, etc., of the freight.

A further object of the invention is to provide record sheets which arecompiled to receive all information in connection with the contents ofthe railway car from the time of loading until the destination of theVcar is reached including impressions or marks -significantbf theimpacts sustained by the car during transit, as well as the time ofoccurrence of the impacts.

Of course, other objects of the invention will be apparent from aconsideration of the specification taken in connection with the.accompanying drawings, wherein:-

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of record sheets constructed inaccordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the back of the sheet shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of a compilation of record sheetsand insert carbons associated in accordance with this invention; and

Fig. 5 is a similar view of The record sheets constructed in accordancewith the present invention consist of transit sheets the front of one ofwhich is shown in Fig. l and the back thereof shown in Fig. 3, anynumber of which may be elnployed with carbon sheets 7 interposedtherebetween. The complete pad of record sheets further consists of aso-called station dor terminal sheet 8, such as that shown in Fig. 2. Inother words the sheets 8 are removed from the pad at the station orterminal before the record sheets as an entirety are mounted in theimpactograph.

`The transit sheets 6 are mounted in the impactograph and are providedwith openings 9 to engage the sheets with certain parts of theimpactograph, the openings being staggered so as to avoid thepossibility of incorrectlyl positioning the sheets in the irnpactorapEach of the sheets 8 -is divided into two parts by scoring l0 arrangedapproximately midway the ends of the sheet. The upper part of the sheet,as shown in Fig. 2, is adapted to contain the name of the railroadcompany, and certain other data, such, for instance, as the name of thestation, the time of placing the impactograph in the car, the numberofthe car, date, etc., this indicia receiving portion of the sheet beingdesignated 11 in the drawings. This half of the sheet is to be inclosedwith the way bills. The lower half of the sheet is to be forwarded tothe general claim agent and is also provided with an indicia receivingpart at'its lower end designated 12. This is to be filled in by theagent and is adapted to contain a report of placing the impactograph,such as the number of the impacto.- graph, car number, date placed inthe car, etc. The back of the sheet 8 is blank and is contiguous to theback of one of the carbon sheets 7.

When the record sheets are laced in the impactograph, the back 13 o thecarbon sheet 7 next to the sheet 8 is uppermost to be impinged againstby the mechanism of the impactograph. The carbon face ofpeach ofthasheets 7 is primarily positioned so as to engage the so-called bottomface of each of the sheets 6. Consequently, impressions made on thebacks 13 of the carbon sheets 7 will be transferred to the backs of thesheets 6.

The front face of each sheet 6 consists of the railway agents Vtransferand check unloaded, the name of the clerk by Whom v'equipped With apluralit it is checked, the date the car is unloaded, etc. In addition,the front of the sheet is of segregated lined zones 1 5 each of whichzones is captioned and adapted to receive certain information relativeto the car and its contents. The` bottom of the sheet is provided with aspace 16 for the reception of certain additional data or notations. Theback of cach of the sheets 6 is provided at the top with a segregatedzone or space 17 Vwhich is adapted to receive certain indicia andcontains lines for the reception of certain l notations. vThe bottom ofthe sheet is provided- With asimilar zone 18 for the same purpose. Theintermediate portion of thesheet has oblong zones provided therein`certain of which, as shown at 19, are captioned' Vhite while other zonesat the top and bottom of the White `zones are captioned Green,,Red andBlue as indicated at 20, 21 and 22 respectively.. Since the carbon facesof the sheets 7 impinge against the zone Spaces 19, 20, 21 and 22, it isapparent that any impression made on the backs of the vcarbon sheetsWill be trans ferred to some one of the zones on the backs of the sheets.6.l The colors white, green, red and blue have a certain significanceto railroad men and consequently proper remedial stepscan be takendepending ,upon 'the zone in which the impression is made. The time oflthe occurrence of the impact will'be known to anyone familiarwithvreading the record sheet depending updii thev position of theimpression in the particular zone where it appears.

After the impactograph reaches its destination it is lremoved from thecar andthe record sheets then taken therefrom. Each of the carbon sheets7 is reversed so as to bring the carbon faces thereof into .enga e- 60ment with the front face of each of t e sheets 6 except the outer one ofthe latter. The agent writes the d'ata on the front face of the outer ofthe sheets 6 and this data is transferred to the front faces lof theunderlying sheets through the carbons 7. Consequcntly, the front face ofeach sheet 6 will contain complete data aste the condition of thecontents of thecar, such, for instance as the frei ht, after it hasreached its destination, whi e the .backv face of each of said sheetswill indicate the impacts received by the car during transit. It is, ofcourse, to-bc understood that as many of the sheets 6 may be employed asdesired. For illustration, in thel present instance, three of the sheets6 are shown with a corresponding number of carbon sheets 7 interposedtherebetween. Moreover, instead ofl 4making the sheets 6 separate, asshown in Fig. 4, a single sheet, such as shown at 6 in Fig. 5 may beused. This sheet may be reversely folded upon itself in fanfold fashionwith the carbons 7 interposed therebetween, the bottom portion,indicated 8',

bearing the same data as the Sheet 8 shown'- in Fig. 2.: The parts ofthis ,unitary sheet structure may be severed on the lines 'of fold 23.

While these sheets are especially adapted for use on instruments, suchas impactographs, it is nevertheless to be understood that there areVarious other uses therefor and the sheets may be modified to adapt thethe same for use inthese different capacities in accordance with thescope of the claims hereto appended.

What is claimed is 1. A record receiver for freight car impaetographsincludingI a sheetA havin indicia at the 'top and bottom andintermediate spaces captioned With the names of different colors.

2. A record receiver for freight car impactographs including a sheethaving indicia at the top and bottom and intermediate spaces ofdifferent colors.

'JOHN B. BASKERYILLE.

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